“It was a hell of a learning experience, but we’re getting there,” he says. “It’s making money.”

Now, he’s building an almost 9,000-square-foot retail center in Twin Lakes at 21st and Amidon where he’s opening a Huddle Housein March and moving his law office.

Look for news within the next week on another restaurant that someone else will open in his center.

Arif also is a partner in the nonprofit Mayflower Clinic, which is moving to new downtown space next month at the Primeline building at First and Topeka, which Arif recently purchased.

It all might sound like a lot to handle, abut Arif says there’s a reason he’s pursuing so much.

“This country’s full of opportunity,” he says. “There’s gold in them streets, just lying there to be picked up every day. … That’s something I sincerely believe. Truly believe in it. There’s gold in them streets. You just have to find it.”